Adjustable liquid-gage.



G. F. HAMILTON. ADJUSTABLE LIQUID GAGE.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT-.19, 1912.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

INILQITOR Mt W WITNESSES. fiw. Q7 am A TTORNEY CHARLES rifinmi a v v ien GnooMrAN A oonrona'r on or onneon, v p

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' 'Appl' c ionnledseptember 19 1312. serial Nq igl wg q a c n of hevUIted S at i 'dfa; resident of Portland, county of Multnomah,

My; semen Y c. avidingofga novel form of liquid j-gage WlllQllspecification 1 p th or s biee th 1p may be attachedjto a barrel, 011other liquid container, for the ipurpose ofaccurately asc'ertaininglthequantity ofwliqnid put into mount; 1111 ea such containen the amountdrawn OE, and

the quantity of liquid; ia-. th,e0ritai er A at the time of ins'pection1 My improvedigi geis zalsocjprovided. with lockingineans for preventingthe gage being tampered with or usted bylan unauthortity solcl. during;certain intervals, H and the -,Th'e'; results jmentioned, anat ema;

vd lif i s a ee in d'by e by ns of the devioies fillustra d in theaccompanyomitted; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectio11.;taken approximatelyonthe 1ine 33fof}-Figs. 2.

l and 4, in the directionindicated dotted lines are shown in thisfig'urePt'he pointers v of the indicator raised to a higher position';

4' is" a "horizontal" sedition} taken fon the line 44 of Fig. 3, lookingin the directionindicatedyand Fig. 5 is a topview f th case with capremm'ed, showing "the devices contained in the gage case and thearrangementoftheparts. p

A case, a, is providedat its .upper end with a projecting earbywhichserves as a staple for receiving the lock e, ashereinafterdescribed. A section of thecase is cut away, asat a, and insuch opening 1s insertj 'ed' a glass panel to permit inspection of the'age glass 9. A cap, 0, provided with a slot," 3, fits over the upperend of the, caslng a,

. The gage glass to change the indicator. drawn out of the container thelevel of the and: the, eaky within the case.

with acom'enient p ece: of piping q'gfby which the glass is,eonnectedfivith the :hqnid container. "A; threaded rod, h, isvrotfiptably held in thegwebs; f", parallel to" the gage glass; andprovided with a 1 head @1121?- ing a portlonc'nt away, asshown at j inFig; 5 *"Mountedon the threadedlr od h; is a threaded indicator -kpro,vi dedr,v with oppositely pointing'pointers m, n, one overly,-

mg the gage glass and the othervthesc ale rod .t e latter alsogheldqinplace by vthe ingfitsrotation convenient for'p acing one fo e o he c e,nv wa y ju t n he threaded rod, h, to iitsfposition shown in Fig. 5,with respect to itsheadj iqthe scale rod 0 may, be removed fromthe case;The

pointers m, n, are cni ved'togpartl'y encircle, f h 7- 7 IQspectivelyli. In. this {way the indicator: k is prevented from tnrning,when the screw-rod projecting through .suoh slot, I e jvvhen secured-asshown in, F g. 1; 'willrl prevent the cap being removed. 'lhe caseafiSPWY Qld with interior transfverse webs, f, near its ends, such websbe fing perforated to receive the devices placed h is rotated; 'ajnd linc'onsequence the rotation hifthedatter will oause gtheffindicator 7c toove 11 idq' 1;hiw iiespxi pe with the rotationoffthescrewfrodh V T The,method; of operating g age is hi locked in place, it is impossible foranyone As the liquid is liquid in. the gage glass will be loweredcorrespondingly, and the difierence between the initial readingand-anysubsequent read ing will show the exact amount of liquid drawn 011' inthe intervening period. When liquid isput into a container, my gage willalsoshow the exact amount added.

4 By keeping the gage locked and accessible to only one person, anaccurate check may be cap; '0, mayberemeved and'the threaded. rod hturned until the pointer his brought *i toflj linemeiifi with the levelBfthe "liquid "intlfe gage-glass 9. When the cap, 0, is then hand; v

. kept by" proprietor himself i liquid received or disposed f, .0r theamounton Instead of using the form oflock shown herein, any convenientform of lo'ckingdevicei may be used. The type of locking means shown iismerely for illustration; ,1

LIA liquid gage comprising a case'; a

threaded adjustment-rod journale'd in the case; gag'e glass andscale-rod,-*in the a case, arranged side by side to. the jadjust- 1 1s"gage-glass; the "other the scale rod'; :meansi iorconnectmgthegageglasswvith a con- "glass'and the scale rod.

a threaded adjustment rod journaledj .ment rodfia'nindicator threaded onthe -ad-j 'justment rod', saidindicator provided With oppositepointers,- one thereof overlying the Q taiiierthey-controlled means forpreventing "the "manipulation of the adjustment-rod;.

and the case being adapted to pe'rmit'the in- 's'plection o'f thegage-glass and the scale-rod. 521* A 'l quld gage comprising a case; a i

threadedadjustment rod journaled in the case; a gage glass and a 'scalerod, in the; case, arranged side by side togthe adjustment 'rod; 'saidscale rod "being rotatably jour- "'naledin-thecase and-provided With aplu- 'rality 1 of graduated faces; an indicator F 'threaded on theadjustment rod," said iiidi cator'provided with opposite pointers, one fthereof'overlyingthe gage glass, the otheri the" scale" 11 0a,; meansfor" connecting the i gage glass "with a-,containerl;key-Controlledineans'ifor preventing" the manipulation of Z ,the adjustment rod andthe "case being{ adapted to p r r'nit the: inspection of the gageAliquidgage comprising a case pro-j; 'v ded With a I lock-controlledopening porfinfth'e caseg a gageglass and a scale rod, i111 ft-he'case',"arrange'd side by; side to the adjustment rod; said scale rod 7being rotatably I dicator provided iivith 'opposite'po'intersmnejournaled' iin the case and provided':;wit h aplurality I of graduatedfaces; fanl indicator threaded on the adjustnfle'nt rod, said inthereofoverlying thegage glass, the other the scale'rod; means for connectingthe gage;

i c bpies of patent may be ohtaineil for five cents fglassand the rod-.i

-glass with the container; and the case being adapted to permit theofthegage v4:. A liquid "gagecomprising a case made ith..an"open top;a'threaded adjustment rod journaled ingthe case; a gage glass and ascale rod in the case,arranged side by side to the adjustment rod; anindicator threaded on the adjustment' 'rod, said indicator pr0- "idedWithopposite pointers, one thereof overlying the gage glass, th'e o'therthe scale rod; "means" for connecting the gage glass Withthe" containerj;' a cap movably affixed on i the open topflofthe case; key-controlledmeans for locking the cap in'rpla'cefand the case a being adapted to;permit the inspect of'the gage" glassand t e scale-rod- A; liquid gagecomprising a 'case made With an open top a threaded ustmeiit rodournaled 111* thecaseya gage glass and a scale rod, "in the ca-se;arranged side by "side to the adjustment Tod j said scale rod beingingit to a bar rels'o' as tofplacefthe interior of the two inicomniunication," an indicating scale locatecladjacentl and parallel Tto said c mprising a Y tube, a pointer adapted.to' codperate' vuith- 3said scale and tube j a' rotatable' screw) for moving said pointerlongitudinallyfoffl the S e. and u e, d mea s: or, Prev tinfunauthorized manipulation of said screw lf I a 1; HAMILTON]: Witnesses:l;

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